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1850ref. 32940Auburn : James M Alden 1850 . . Good . 8VO . Together with Explorations and Discoveries Made by Admiral D'Urville Captain Ross and Other Navigators and Travellers' and an Account of the Expedition to the Dead Sea under Lieutenant Lynch. Full page black and white illustrations. Amateur rebacking with brown library tape with typed title information taped on. Boards worn some foxing. James M Alden hardcover
1899ref. 066162New York: Longmans Green and Co. 1899. Full cloth binding. Front hinge tender. Some dampstaining to lower page fore edges. Internally unmarked. Frontis. with tissue overlay. 378pp. Illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover
1925ref. 007862New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1925. Reprint . Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Very minimal wear at corners spine lightly faded nice copy; small gift inscription inside front cover. "Into Forbidden Afghanistan". Numerous drawings and B&W photos. Signed on the half-title page "With deepest salaams! Lowell Thomas". This is one of the "Century Vagabond Books of Travel". Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1856ref. 059903New York: Harper & Brothers 1856. Original blind-stamped cloth binding just rubbed through at corners and spine ends. Darkly toned endpapers. Light scattered foxing inside. ix 445pp. with four pages of publisher adverts. 12 illustrations. March Charles W. Charles Wainwright 1815-1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
1983ref. 450018Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xxxii 527 pages : illustrations. Contents; I. The Dark Age; 1. Introduction; 2. The Architecture; 3. The Pottery; 4. The Burials; 5. The Small Finds; 6. The Dark Age at Nichoria: A Perspective; II. Archaic to Roman Times; 7. The Site and Environs; III. The Byzantine Occupation; 8. Introduction; 9. The Architecture; 10. The Pottery; 11. The Burials; 12. The Small Finds; 13. Summary; IV. Post-Byzantine Times; 14. The Site and Environs. Subjects; Excavations Archaeology Greece Nichoria Site. Nichoria Site Greece Antiquities. Greece Antiquities. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press hardcover
1953ref. 003003New York: Dodd Mead 1953. Second Printing . Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good. Cleveland Woodward. Minor wear at corners and spine ends very slight age darkening at edges. Jacket shows wear at corners edges and spine ends light soiling not price clipped. Interesting inscription on flyleaf two Eskimo words that I can't make out followed by: "The Eskimo Greeting to a Good Friend Best Wishes from Kudla Miriam MacMillan and Donald MacMillan". Both the author and her husband have signed. A children's story ages nine and up. Dodd Mead hardcover
1932ref. E0047136 pages with 12 plates including frontispiece folding map and index. Royal octavo 10" x 6 3/4" in vellum Over brown boards with gilt titles. Deckle edges. This is the Account of the First Expedition of Don Diego De Vargas Into New Mexico in 1692. This is the first modern printing and contains a facsimile of the "Noticia de la Recuperacion." Translated by Irving A Leonard. Publications of the Quivira Society volume III. Number 628 of the limited edition of six hundred sixty-five copies. Sigüenza was born in Mexico City in 1645 the youngest of eight siblings. He was related to the famous baroque poet Luis de Góngora. He studied mathematics and astronomy under the direction of his father a Peninsular who had been a tutor for the royal family in Spain. Sigüenza entered the Society of Jesus as a novice August 17 1660 took simple vows August 15 1662 at Tepotzotlán and left the society or was expelled in 1667 or 1669. On July 20 1672 he was named to the chair of mathematics and exact sciences at the University of Mexico and was ordained a priest the following year. He was chaplain of the Hospital del Amor de Dios now Academia de San Carlos from 1682 until his death. He was well-known in the colony as a man of science. He was also a poet non-fiction writer historian philosopher cartographer and cosmographer. Such was his prestige that the French King Louis XIV tried to induce him to come to Paris. He published his first poem in 1662. In 1671 he published an almanac. In 1693 he published El Mercurio Volante the first newspaper in New Spain. At the hospital he became a close friend of Juan de Alva Ixtlilxochitl who put at his disposal a rich collection of documents of his ancestors who included the historian Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl and the kings of Texcoco. In 1668 Sigüenza began the study of Aztec history and Toltec writing. On the death of Ixtlilxochitl he inherited the collection of documents and devoted the later years of his life to the continuous study of Mexican history. Condition: Some darkening to and slight staining to spine else a very good copy. Quivira Society hardcover
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ref. 56216Paris Didot 1846. 4 feuillets. 460 pages. 1 carte dépliante. 91 planches hors-texte. 215x18 Cm. Cartonnage vert de lépoque. Dos lisse. Titre doré. Coins émoussés. Plats un peu frottés. Ouvrage illustré de nombreuses vues costumes portraits etc. Histoire de la Suisse des temps anciens jusqu'au début du 19e siècle suivie de la statistique et la description de chacun des cantons suisses. Il suit une 2e partie beaucoup plus brève sur le Tyrol. Rousseurs. Paris, Didot, 1846. unknown
2010ref. DADAX1160750998Kessinger Publishing 2010-03-19. paperback. New. 6.00x1.40x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
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2016ref. 26480London: Folio Society. Fine. 2016. First thus. Introduced by Pater Campbell. With many illustrations A fine copy in a fine slipcase. ; 230 x 160mm; xxviii 409 pages . Folio Society unknown
1985ref. mon0003599644Univ of Tokyo Pr 1985-09-01. Hardcover. Good. . Univ of Tokyo Pr hardcover
1992131 pages. Reference notes. Recommended reading list. List of colour plates. Index. "Reveals much of Captain Vancouver's personality, life aboard his ships, the techniques of mapping, and his views of the native peoples he encountered. Historical engravings and maps, reproduced directly from the first edition of Vancouver's famous account of his voyage, richly illustrate the land and events. These are enhanced by over 30 stunning colour photographs, taken especially for this book." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Bookseller's label on half-title page. Average wear. Front free endpaper removed. Binding sound. Book
